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Superintendent reports faster licensure processing and outlines staff, program priorities
Summary
Superintendent Kraft highlighted operational gains in licensure processing — about 184,868 licenses issued in the last year and one‑week turnaround for complete applications — and previewed changes to resident educator and licensure pathways to address teacher pipeline concerns.
Superintendent Mike Kraft told the State Board of Education on the board’s September agenda that his office has made measurable efficiency gains in educator licensure and related services.
Kraft said the agency issued 184,868 licenses during the past year and handled roughly 221,639 application requests, and that for fully complete and compliant submissions the licensure team met a one‑week turnaround goal during the busiest months. “For a fully, complete package that otherwise did not trigger…
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